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Don Shirley

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Canadian friend for over 60 years speaks - THE REAL DR. DON SHIRLEY of movie GREEN BOOK

 

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Don Shirley – Orpheus in the Underworld – Band 1 – 1956

 

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Don shirley - Stand by me

 

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The REAL Dr. Don Shirley - GREEN BOOK - extremely RARE live concert footage HAPPY TALK #greenbook

 

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Family of Green Book's Dr. Donald Shirely speaks out

Donald Walbridge Shirley was an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He recorded many albums for Cadence during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence. He wrote organ symphonies, piano concerti, a cello concerto, three string quartets, a one-act opera, works for organ, piano and violin, a symphonic tone poem based on the novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and a set of "Variations" on the legend of Orpheus in the Underworld.
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